Finney,” Miss Pursling said, “I am most grateful for your agreement to present the proposal to the board of the Cooperative.” “Those who were wronged,” he said tightly, looking away. Half of them were dead more had left town. Are you offering pensions to everyone who worked at Graydon Boots?”
“And involve the Finneys? I think not.” She bit her lip. “So will you tell the magistrates about this conversation, Miss Pursling?” And yet those words, spoken in a near-whisper, seemed like a benediction whispered over his head. She hadn’t glanced his way once as she spoke. “And yet,” she said, without once looking Robert’s way, “I think he is not at all like his father. Her voice was so quiet, and yet the room seemed quieter still, waiting for her to fill the silence. “And yet…” She trailed off, shaking her head, and Robert leaned forward, desperate to hear what she might say of him. It was no more than he’d told himself of an evening. “Men who have only known easy times often cannot comprehend hard ones,” Miss Pursling said.Īmazing how deeply facts could cut. It was a harsh judgment, made harsher still because it was the truth. “I very much doubt he understands what it means to be a working man, and I suspect that all his life he’s had anything he wanted handed to him, just for the wishing.” He’s handsome, and those things rarely bode well for a man’s character.”īut she wasn’t done. She’d scarcely shown any emotion at all as he spoke, not even a furrow of concentration on her brow. “I believe,” Miss Pursling, “that this is the other man’s son.”įinney brushed this off. “And how is the old bugger?” Finney asked. Finney subsided in his chair, somewhat embarrassed. “Besides, Miss Pursling, have you not met the Duke of Clermont? You do travel in those circles. It’ll do nobody any good.” She glanced warily at Miss Pursling. But take a deep breath and put such talk away. Finney, “that is sedition, and best not to say those words no matter how safe you think you are.
He was surprised by the vehemence in his voice.
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